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by Richardhealey
Sat Mar 09, 2019 11:33 pm
Forum: Pub Chat
Topic: Garage / workshop
Replies: 52
Views: 26911
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Re: Garage / workshop

Hi gents, Many thanks for all the really helpful replies! This is extractor I am using : https://i.postimg.cc/V6f1gkSr/F7-B05818-BA20-457-B-91-D9-06768-AC69-C18.jpg It doesn’t really release much noticeable dust, but I thought I could rig up an exhaust tube to the outside world... just to try and ma...
by Richardhealey
Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:21 pm
Forum: Technical
Topic: Dodgy coil?
Replies: 21
Views: 6491
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Re: Dodgy coil?

Hi Jeremy, To add to the collective knowledge (perhaps!) I had exactly the same symptoms you describe from a Tr6. It was the coil and the replacement would last for about a year, before the same thing would occur. I think this was related to the positioning of the coil to the engine (it’s bolted to ...
by Richardhealey
Tue Mar 05, 2019 2:23 pm
Forum: Pub Chat
Topic: Garage / workshop
Replies: 52
Views: 26911
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Re: Garage / workshop

Hi Gents, Thanks for the input and yes Simon, the blaster is in a cabinet and I have previously fitted an dust extractor, which I think I could rig up to blow the exhaust out of the building with some pipework too. I know just how pervasive dust is and I don’t want it getting onto any shiny new pain...
by Richardhealey
Mon Mar 04, 2019 10:07 pm
Forum: Pub Chat
Topic: Garage / workshop
Replies: 52
Views: 26911
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Re: Garage / workshop

Hi Steve, Always prompt with the advice, thanks :drinkingcheers: Bigger the better - of course...just the balance between big enough and not turning the back garden into an industrial unit! :lol: I’ve seen thes scissor lifts recommended before and I am tempted, but...I’m a bit of a wimp when it come...
by Richardhealey
Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:12 pm
Forum: Pub Chat
Topic: Garage / workshop
Replies: 52
Views: 26911
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Garage / workshop

Evening all, Planning a new Garage / workshop for my restoration once the body is back from the painters. I’m thinking that 24’ X 12’ garage/workshop should be an adequate size to work on the car, with good benches at one end and plenty of room for shelving, to store parts, tools and equipment such ...
by Richardhealey
Thu Feb 14, 2019 3:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Pilkington Classic require our assistance
Replies: 17
Views: 5262
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Re: Pilkington Classic require our assistance

Been in touch.
Cheers,
rich
by Richardhealey
Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Pilkington Classic require our assistance
Replies: 17
Views: 5262
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Re: Pilkington Classic require our assistance

If Pilkington need series 2, 2+2 quarter glass, I am quite happy to lend them mine.
Cheers,
Rich
by Richardhealey
Tue Feb 12, 2019 8:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Pilkington Classic require our assistance
Replies: 17
Views: 5262
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Re: Pilkington Classic require our assistance

Hi David, Can I just clarify please- you say pilkington have no patterns for series 2, 2+2 Windscreen glass. Mine was cracked and I asked Pilkington last year if they needed my windscreen as a pattern. They confirmed they would not need it and their HT0326 was what I needed. As such, mine has gone t...
by Richardhealey
Tue Jan 01, 2019 7:33 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Looking for my old E-Type reg "XKE 75"
Replies: 24
Views: 8134
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Re: Looking for my old E-Type reg "XKE 75"

And I believe cats also liked the warm rear diff of a lorry to sleep on. When the lorry moved off, they could fall off and be hurt or worse. When I was a child we found what we thought could have been such a victim, with a broken jaw and in a right mess. We had her patched her up and she became the ...
by Richardhealey
Sun Dec 30, 2018 9:57 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Looking for my old E-Type reg "XKE 75"
Replies: 24
Views: 8134
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Re: Looking for my old E-Type reg "XKE 75"

Boy, what a cool picture! :drinkingcheers:
by Richardhealey
Sun Dec 30, 2018 9:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Thought and Contemplation
Replies: 49
Views: 14795
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Re: Thought and Contemplation

Hi Andrew, I’m 44! Bought my first classic I restore in my 20’s and that was a ‘60 frogeye. In hindsight, it was probability beyond economic repair, but I persevered... I love anything mechanical ( Grand father in the REME ?!) I never had the money to go out and buy a sports car, so I thought restor...
by Richardhealey
Sun Dec 23, 2018 4:54 pm
Forum: Technical
Topic: Borescopes & Happy Christmas to you all
Replies: 17
Views: 6331
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Re: Borescopes & Happy Christmas to you all

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inspection-Depstech-Borescope-Endoscope-Smartphone-Black/dp/B01NBFTAHE/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1545153240&sr=8-6&keywords=borescopes [/quote] I’ve just bought this one too, to examine the inside of the cills etc. Testing it looks like it works well and It can take photos etc,...
by Richardhealey
Sun Dec 23, 2018 4:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: It must be Christmas
Replies: 31
Views: 9466
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Re: It must be Christmas

Merry Christmas chaps! :santa: Hopefully my rebuild will
Really move forward in 2019, so expect the questions to flood in! :dance:
Cheers,
Rich
by Richardhealey
Tue Dec 18, 2018 3:18 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Built by Many
Replies: 70
Views: 25470
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Re: Built by Many

Hi Al, sorry to read this too. Now I understand why the Patreon subs have just been refunded.
Best of luck with whatever you decide to do and do hope you can continue in some form or another - I was really enjoying it.
Cheers,
Rich
by Richardhealey
Sat Dec 15, 2018 7:54 pm
Forum: Welcome!
Topic: Series 2, 2+2 full rebuild...gulp!
Replies: 25
Views: 10809
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Re: Series 2, 2+2 full rebuild...gulp!

...end of the beginning, rather than the beginning of the end...! :hammerdrill:
by Richardhealey
Sat Dec 15, 2018 7:00 pm
Forum: Welcome!
Topic: Series 2, 2+2 full rebuild...gulp!
Replies: 25
Views: 10809
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Re: Series 2, 2+2 full rebuild...gulp!

Thanks Gents. Had no idea it would take this long...
by Richardhealey
Sat Dec 15, 2018 3:52 pm
Forum: Welcome!
Topic: Series 2, 2+2 full rebuild...gulp!
Replies: 25
Views: 10809
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Re: Series 2, 2+2 full rebuild...gulp!

Finally! Some really pleasing progress with the body that I got to have a look at today for the first time since the car went off to the body and paint man in the summer.... They are cracking on well now and dedicating 1 guy to it, so hopefully it will be finished in the spring... :bouncyyellow: Del...
by Richardhealey
Tue Dec 04, 2018 9:13 pm
Forum: Series 2
Topic: Winter is here...
Replies: 11
Views: 3889
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Re: Winter is here...

Hi Jeremy,
Looks like a very good approach.

Bookmarked!
:drinkingcheers:
by Richardhealey
Mon Dec 03, 2018 8:40 pm
Forum: Series 2
Topic: Winter is here...
Replies: 11
Views: 3889
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Re: Winter is here...

Richard : a bit late to tell you now, but if you follow the Workshop manual and raise the rear of the car , it reduces the angle of dangle required and makes the whole job much easier Perhaps a little late Christopher, but hopefully useful for the next guy who stumbles across this post. I did follo...
by Richardhealey
Sun Dec 02, 2018 7:22 pm
Forum: Series 2
Topic: Winter is here...
Replies: 11
Views: 3889
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Re: Winter is here...

Indeed it is! I was also doing it alone! :shock: